DaisukiDayoSenpai

Bronze WINNER of WPC#322: Male Lead: Zombie Invasion

Takemi Kazuichi might very well be the luckiest and unluckiest person in the world. He was an orphan, and he was severely bullied in school. Because of that, he became a hikikomori, a shut-in. When he turned sixteen, he was adopted by a rich couple who loved him as if he was their own son. Unfortunately, they died in a plane crash, and Kazuichi never overcame his bad habits of being a shut-in, largely because of his preying relatives.

Fast forward to four years later, Takemi Kazuichi still stayed in the house left by his late parents. He never bothered going to work or going out to socialize with people. For the lack of a better term, he was a rich hikikomori. He never even bothered to check the news or log in on any social media. All he did was live his life in solitude, devoid of any human interaction.

One day, as he came out of the shower, he heard a strange thumping sound by the doorway. "That's weird, I didn't order any delivery today." He told himself before absent-mindedly opening the door.

And what stared back didn't resemble a human at all. It was a zombie— or so that's what the first thing that came into Kazuichi's mind. Unbeknownst to him, the world had drastically changed, and he was the last one to know.

Shut-In Of The 'Dead'

Takahara stepped back while raising his hand at eye level. "W-what do you mean? I wasn't lying." He defended himself. "Please you've got to help me out. I... I don't know when my wife will die at this rate."


While Amaya and Tris remained tight-lipped, Kazuichi stepped forward with a suspicious gaze. He had played many mystery novels in his shut-in life so he was somehow confident with his ability to tell whether someone was lying or not...


In reality, it was much harder to read someone's persona compared to in-game. For a moment back there, Kazuichi wanted to scream 'where are the subtitles??!' but he didn't do it since it was a misplaced comment.


"He's lying," Kazuichi agreed. He had no idea why Arisu stated that he was lying but he decided to jump on the bandwagon to lead Amaya and Tris into believing that Takahara was really lying.


Seeing Through The Farce